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Last week we published a World Cup Scrabble Board puzzle. The answers are :
The rack NEWSRIN can be anagrammed to make the apt word WINNERS.
This can be played for 73 points by pluralising MANAGER.
However a higher score can be achieved by playing WINNERS in parallel to GOAL (making GI, ON,AN, and FINALE) this scores 79 points.
The highest non-apt score can be achieved with ANSWERING, as a double-double using the A of SAVE and G of GOAL. Well done if you spotted this 108 point move!
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To mark the World Cup Final today (and coincidentally the Wimbledon finals too), here is a board diagram.
Two questions :
1 - What is the highest scoring sport-related word you can play on this board with the rack NEWSRIN. (No football knowledge is required!)
2 - What is the highest scoring non-sport-related word you can play on this board with the rack NEWSRIN (ie a word that doesn't fit the theme).
Answers in a few days.
Good luck.
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The final vocabulary quiz today, based on the one team that hasn't had a quiz or answer set about it : AUSTRALIA.
What are the 4 letter words you can make from the letters in AUSTRALIA ?
There are a lot, so to narrow it down (and make it harder, sorry!), the 4 letter words must contain 2 As.
There are 15 words in total :
- 3 are everyday words
- another 3 are plurals of 3 letter words
so a score of 3-6 is achievable.
If you get more than 10 well done!
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Here are the answers :
ARIA, RAIA
AIAS
ALAR
AALS, ALAS
TAAL, TALA
AULA
ASAR
RATA, TARA
AURA
AUAS
ATUA
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Of the 32 countries that have, or are, taking place in this year’s World Cup, 3 of them have not been part of any puzzle question or answer. These three are URUGUAY, EGYPT and AUSTRALIA.
Today’s quizzes are :
a) What are the 3 letter words you can make from URUGUAY ? You can use as many (or none!) of the Us.
b) What are the 3 letter words you can make from EGYPT ?
There are 26 in total. About 9-10 are everyday words.
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URUGUAY yields :
GAR, RAG, GAU. GAY, YAG
ARY, RAY, RYA, YAR. AYU
GUR, RUG. GUY, YUG, RYU
EGYPT yields :
PEG, GET, TEG, GEY, PET
PYE, YEP, TYE, YET, GYP
TYG
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An easier quiz this time… and a test of three letter words !
Here are the 32 teams taking part in the World Cup in Russia.
Many of them FINISH with a valid three letter word (some of them finish with the same 3 letter word!)
How many do you know ?
As an extra test look at both words in the countries with two words giving a total of 35 words to check.
RUSSIA EGYPT URUGUAY PORTUGAL
SPAIN MOROCCO IRAN FRANCE
PERU DENMARK ICELAND CROATIA
NIGERIA BRAZIL SERBIA GERMANY
MEXICO SWEDEN BELGIUM PANAMA
TUNISIA ENGLAND POLAND SENEGAL
COLOMBIA JAPAN SAUDI ARABIA
AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA SWITZERLAND
COSTA RICA SOUTH KOREA
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GAL – Portugal, Senegal
AIN – Spain
RAN – Iran
ARK – Denmark
AND – Iceland, England. Poland, Switzerland
RIA – Nigeria
ANY – Germany
DEN- Sweden
AMA - Panama
PAN - Japan
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